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OVERHEARD AROUND .
NEW HAZELTON

Stanley Reeves left on Wednesday
evening for Fort George.

Indian Agent R. E. Loring was visit- |,
ing at Kitsumkalem this week,

Jim Riley is expected back to town
next week, though ‘only for a short
time, . ‘He is now located at’ Pasadena.

Blank Gorman shot a young bear east
of the town this week. The trick was
done with one charge of No, 6 shot,
Gorman kindly passed around some
nice steaks to his friends. = =

The Austrian, George, arrested, as
we stated last week, for the alleged
murder of a friend near Fort Fraser,
was arrested at Edmonton and brought
to Fort Fraser, where he will-get pre-
liminary trial, The prosecution will be
conducted by Chief Minty.

John Bostrom is in town for a few
days winding up his business with Fo-
ley, Welch & Stewart. He has com-
pleted his work at Fort Fraser and has
moved his plant to Fort George, al-
though he has over thirty horses at
Fort Fraser which he will dispose of or

‘|taken a position with’ one of ‘the: con- |-

‘ig elaimed that the i increase is not war-

A. Me ‘Lawson will- jeave next ‘Tues-|
day morning for the south. He has

tractors at Glacier, on the C. P.R.. long
tunnel. Mr. Lawson will be veay much
missed, around New. Hazelton, although
he will. most likely return to the town’

after business conditions i in the domin- L

jon get settled: down, |

~ Coal has increased in price in Prince
Rupert from $10 atid $11 a ton’ ‘to $11
and $12, - The natives are. kieking. It

ranted by any advance in the cost of
mining or freight rates. The dealers
refuse to explain. “They. probably felt
like tacking. on another’ dollar,

, Canada will expend $22,000,000 on its
first-contingent of 22,000 men, in aid
of the motherland: This includes every-
thing. . Roughly figured each . man will
cost $1000 per year. The pay of officers
and privates, with engineers, etc., will
amount to $30,00:per day. The pay
for the men alone will reach $19,450,000,

Dominion Meteorological Service.

Figures for week ending Sept, 9.
Maximum temp. 64 deg, on Sept. ard.
Minimum temp. 32.5 deg. on Sept, ard.
Rainfall 1,24 inches.

W. J, Larkworthy, Observer

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oused the Roumanians to almost

‘Armageddon, at least three mil-

“ments.and a Quantity of Hay. -
- Destroyed— —Loss $1200

About 12.30 this morning. a
fire ‘broke out. in the barns of
the Hazelton hospital, and when

first noticed had reached consid-| °
erable . proportions, - and by the| —

time help arrived the ‘buildings
were a.mass of; flames and it was
impossible to save anything. The

big gray horse: and one of the |:

little bays so familiar in town
were lost, together with all the
implements and a lot of hay.
The loss is estimated at $1200.
The origin of the fire is a my-
stery, and the hospital attend-
ants say there had been no one
in the part of.the building where
the fire started for several weeks,

The War Bulletins

London, Sept. 9—The British
forces-have driven the Germans
back ten miles.

Berlin; Sept. 9—Per wireless to
Sayville, Long Island. Germany
officially announces that Maube-
ufie, on the Sambre has fallen
and that they took forty thousand
prisoners, including four generals
and four hundred guns. '

London, Sept. 9--Germans are
reported to have evacuated upper
Alsace, British gunboat has cap-
tured a trawler. purporting to be
from Grimsby laying sea. mines.
‘Had two hundred on board.

Washington, Sept. g.-.Russian
embassy..announces general en-
gagement on Tuesday all along |’
the Austrian: front. Austrians
falling back in the centre. -

: Bucharest, Sept. g.--The Rus-
sian successes in Galicia have ar-

frantie excitement in favor of
Russia. and France, Roumania
has two hundred -thousand men
ready to fight. :;

Allies to-day. are about equal it in
numbers to invading. Germans.
True to the prophecy of another

lion men are. now engaged on the
plains of Chalons, where Attila
and his Huns were defeated in
one of the world’s ‘bloodiest : bat- |-
tles by Romans and ‘Visigoths.
On these plains Napoleon -con-
ducted his - most b illiant. defen-
sive campaign. -

Petrograde, Sep
prisoners here say
deliyered by the
departing for the
a character as tq

3: —— ~ Germau
hat the speech
aiser to troops
front was of
be forbidden

“Why New iim
Hazelton?

; The answer is: Because it: has __

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- district famous.’

~ eombined. - New:
‘ands that surpass

_ junction, ‘of: two.f

“NEW HAZELTON has lead and silver de-
posits. that are larger.and cover a:greater ter-.
ritory than those that have. made’ the Cobalt
New: Hazelton is the
buting’ point for supplies for'a countr
--and“richer® than ‘all the’ ‘New ae

“section. ‘in richness.

-more than.a-million acres. of. préductive. lands. - -
New: ‘Hazelton . has all that. has: ‘made. other

distri-

larger...
states “~

‘Hazelton has ‘agricultural ©": I]
those: of almost any other, . jj
‘New: Hazelton is at the
ertile valleys that. contain

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by the press.to print. The text

_|appears to have been as follows:

“Remember the German. people
are the chosen ones of God.-Iam|_
his weapon, his sword,-his’ vice-
regent, Woe to the disobedient;:
death to cowards and unbeliev-
ers.’

Petrograde, Sept, 8—Russians
in a battle yesterday: and to-day
captured. seventy thousand Aus-
trians and three hundred cannon
in Lemberg region. ots

Paris, Sept. 8.--Germans i in’ re-
treat from Paris. “The German
Imperial Guard almost. annihila-
tee by the British foree.. The
Crown Prince there, - -

' British submarines enter - ‘into
Bremerhaven and gave Germans
a panic.
ed Dimant. Austrians ‘in. fall
retreat from Lemberg. -

Paris, Sept. Sth—Allied troops
engaged in battle east: of ‘capital
have taken numerous prisoners,
-ineluding a battalion of. German
infantry and: a- company bearing
rapid- firing guns. ' n

-Léndon, ‘Sept. 8—The- ‘African
World, issues‘ a ‘statement from
‘what it claims isa reliable source
that Emperor: Francis’ Joseph '-of
Austria died ‘twelve days ago’but
suppressed the news: because.of
the dangerous internal situation
in Austria.’ :

Turks have concentrated 30, 000

-| troops at Tehaiajy, in the sea. of

Marmora.

Paris, Sept. 8— Left wing of
the Allies, comprising. portions of
the force defending this city,
continues to’make progress, ‘and
Germans are retiring towards the
Marne river. |

: Vancouver, Sept, 8th — Pacific
cable hasbeen cut near Fanning} ~

Island, . presumably by German,

-eruiser. Nurnberg, which evident-

\ly eluded the Australian cruiser
Australia, at Honolulu and steam-|
i, 500 miles to Fanning. Island.’

The Nurnberg teft Honolulu. on

Sept. 1, with Australia in’ pursuit. |
Ottawa, Sept. 2— The Austra-

|lian dreadnaught “Australia” is
in close pursuit of the Nurnberg

j|and news is expected at any time

of an engagement. It is believed | »

that Germans wished. to ‘capture
Fanning: Island. for. -coaling, Pur,
| poses,

London, Sept. 8- _Gen, Rivzsky
who has ‘made. terrific marches

‘Germans have destroy- 7

in desperate attempt to ‘annih la-| ve

the Tribune there. are now over. 2 a.
250.000 Russian troops with: ‘the. : on

Allies in France.

According toa Berlin despatch foe
emperor William.-has quarrelled “
with chancellor. Von. Bethmann,. ~
Holweg and minister’ of. foreign aa
affairs Von -Jagow.
being held responsible for the un-

readiness of German’ diplomacy
which led:to the coalition of the

Allies against her... Resignations _

of the two said’ to be’ demanded.
Paris, Sept: 8— General opinion

loge great battle ‘now. ‘being on
they may still make seige of Paris
difficult, while if Germans lose
the situation of their entire army
in France. would be critical, ~

Washington, Sept. T -Wireless

report says the British: cruiser
Warrior has been stranded, pro- ”.
bably.as a result: of fight with. the ©
Goeben while escaping from’ ‘the

Bosphorus. :

- London, : Sept.” 7—Britich: light :
has-been
blown up by; amine in the’ “North °
‘Sea, with ‘loss’ of fife’ unknown.
The cruiser was nearly, as big as

cruiser, Pathfinder,

the Rainbow, but faster, ‘and she
carried 268 men. -Latet—It: has

finder were saved. ;
England is “sending a great

continent,

General French ‘gays. ‘that. the
British cavalry. do as ‘they please

| with the Germans until’ they are
compelled to. meet “twice - their.

own number.” Gérman: ‘patrols

infantry fire. .
General actions are proceeding
today between © allies -and : Ger-

téuill and ‘Lehaudouin to Verdun,
and the Germans ‘have. started
retiring.
ed Termonde after: ‘stout: Belgian
resistance. Belgians‘ repulse a
German attack: on Antwerp. .

Verdun to-day.

‘south ‘trying to cut-off retreat of

Ministers _

here is. that even if the Allies :

just been learned that the cap:
tain and fifty men of: ‘the Path-

Squadron of. aeroplanes’ to" the:

fly. before British horsemen and
German troops - will not face our

mans east of Paris, from: Nan-.

Germians:-have‘captur- .

London, Sept. 7—Great and a
decisive battle is being fought at’

~ Fourth German army marching

French eastern. armies and then.
“ effect i a junction with" the army.
‘of the .Crown.;Prince and army.
‘of. Bavaria’ in Lorraine, ‘and ade

| through Galicia ; ‘is now engaged |va ice: ; a

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